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Leah Gazan

NDP on Canada Labour Code 2026-05-27

85 words · 4 sentences · 5 clauses

Replying to Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal)

“Madam Speaker, does the member, or the NDP at the federal level, and I would emphasize the federal level, see any circumstance whatsoever where the government should actually have access to a tool that would be able to respond to a national labour disruption?”

Statement grade

B+

Average 84 / 100

A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.

Procedure 7%Claims 69%Positioning 24%

This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.

Madam Speaker, Procedure · 6 wordsI want to be really clear.ProcedureUnearned certainty Claims · 59 wordsIt took twelve hours for the last strikebreaking tactic to be used by the Liberal government to force mostly women back to unpaid work.¹ The current government has a poor track record on workers’ rights, including the only 30‑day time period for labour to respond to other attempts of the Liberal government to crush down the rights of workers. Positioning · 20 wordsIt is a shameful question, and it just demonstrates how the Liberal government continues to turn its back on workers.PositioningOff point

At a glance

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What the tags mean

Signal · 65

3 of 6 deductions are Signal

Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I want to be really clear.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It is a shameful question,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and it just demonstrates how the Liberal government continues to turn its back on workers.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 71

2 of 6 deductions are Relevance

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the point put to the member, and the bill under debate.

Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “It is a shameful question,”A dismissal of the question itself, not an answer to what was asked.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “and it just demonstrates how the Liberal government continues to turn its back on workers.”A general condemnation of the Liberal government’s treatment of workers rather than a response to whether any tool should exist.

Respect · 100

0 of 6 deductions are Respect

Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.

Nothing lost points.

Clarity · 100

1 of 6 deductions are Clarity

Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.

Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “I want to be really clear”The formula asserts the clarity of what follows in place of any supporting source.

Claims · 1

This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.

1“It took twelve hours for the last strikebreaking tactic to be used by the Liberal government”The Liberal government last invoked section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end an industrial dispute twelve hours after some triggering point, in a dispute involving mostly women workers.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20